[Bug 15904] New: When at main menu there is only a black screen.

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15904

Summary: When at main menu there is only a black screen.
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.1.7
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: critical
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]

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wine output

I update witcher 1.0 following the steps listed all works except when I get to
the main menu when nothing but a black screen is present, nor any sound. The
only thing that is visible is the pointer icon of the glove.

Any ideas?

Wine output is below.

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--- Comment #1 from Jeff Zaroyko   2008-11-03 21:13:11 ---
not critical, read the severity ratings.

which video card and drivers do you have?  bug 12304 also mentions black
screen.

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[Bug 15904] When at main menu there is only a black screen.

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--- Comment #2 from Jam Marcius   2008-11-04 00:10:39 ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> not critical, read the severity ratings.
>
> which video card and drivers do you have?  bug 12304 also mentions black
> screen.

woops wrong severity.

video card is nVidia 8800GT.
driver is nvidia-glx-new version 169.12.

is this what u wanted?

and bug 12304 wasnt similar enough firstly intro movies and the logo's work
just not after the main menu, so i created a separate bug report.

Thanx

[Bug 15904] witcher: black screen at the main menu

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--- Comment #3 from Simetrical   2008-11-14 15:18:06 ---
Created an attachment (id=17287)
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wine output

Also observing this.  wine output is attached (I quit by Alt-F4).  wine version
is wine-1.1.8-156-g1dba41b.  I have an 8600 GT, with proprietary NVIDIA driver
173.14.12.  I'm on Ubuntu 8.04.  Like the original reporter, everything works
until then (logo, cutscene, etc.).  Sound works for me up until the menu
(there's no sound on the black menu itself).

--- Comment #4 from Simetrical   2008-11-15 18:00:27 ---
Also note that I used "winetricks vcrun2005" and copied d3dx9_35.dll and
d3dx9_36.dll into appropriate directories before trying the game.  Others
suggested that these were necessary to get the game to run at all.  It happened
regardless of whether I used a virtual desktop.

There's a freely downloadable demo here:

http://www.thewitcher.com/community/en/www/download_the_demo.html

I haven't checked yet if the problem occurs with it (will try that).

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--- Comment #5 from Simetrical   2008-12-18 20:12:32 ---
The problem still occurs with the actual game for me, but does not occur with
the demo, on wine-1.1.10-434-g5646fec.  I'll try reinstalling the full game at
some point to see if that fixes it.  It might be related to the need for a
no-CD crack (bug 10264), or the changes in Enhanced Edition, or some other
difference between the demo and the full game.

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--- Comment #6 from Simetrical   2008-12-22 14:54:09 ---
It seems to have been related to the no-CD crack.  Possibly that was actually
what was broken, i.e., maybe this isn't Wine's fault.  When I upgraded in a
different way, without using a no-CD crack, the problem didn't occur.  I posted
how I did it here:

http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=13866#Comme...

So this is no longer a problem for me.

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--- Comment #7 from cristian   2009-05-18 00:28:32 ---
I have the same problem when I get to
the main menu when nothing but a black screen is present, nor any sound. The
only thing that is visible is the pointer icon of the glove in the version 1.4,
others versions works fine

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--- Comment #8 from P Macko   2009-05-20 14:51:01 ---
I've recently upgraded Witcher 1.0 to 1.4 on Wine 1.1.21 and do not experience
this problem. My video card is an Nvidia 8800GTS 512. I'm using the official
witcher.exe 1.4 executable (which anyone with a registered copy of an older
version of the game can download) and not one of the cracked versions floating
around. So I can't comment on the cracked versions of 1.4, only on the official
one.

Before I upgraded to 1.4, I did however use a cracked version of 1.0 to get
around the TAGES bug. It did not suffer from this problem.

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--- Comment #9 from Austin English   2009-11-19 12:52:57 ---
This is your friendly reminder that there has been no bug activity for 6
months. Is this still an issue in current (1.1.33 or newer) wine?

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--- Comment #10 from Zbigniew Braniecki   2010-01-14 07:34:20 ---
Yes, I can reproduce it on macos + wine 1.1.36. Same blank screen after intro,
no debug messages.

The cursor is shaped as in-game one, but I don't see any menu options. Just
black.

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--- Comment #11 from Wolfram Sang   2010-01-14 15:27:46 ---
Is there a difference when using 16-bit or 24-bit graphic-modes? I had a game
once which worked fine with 16-bit, but had a black screen with 24-bit.

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--- Comment #12 from Xavier Vachon   2010-06-25 10:16:35 ---
I do not experience this issue in current git. I have the Witcher Ennhanced
Edition updated to version 1.5. Original poster should retest with the latest
version of the game.

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--- Comment #13 from Xavier Vachon  2010-11-20 23:22:22 CST ---
I double checked in current git (1.3.7). The game installs overrides, with them
it loads properly on my rig.

Gentoo Linux X64
Nvidia-drivers 260.19.12

I filed bugs for the overrides issues. This can't be considered fixed until the
required functions in d3dx9_36 and msvcp80 are implemented.

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--- Comment #14 from Per Johansson  2011-05-15 15:26:13 CDT ---
I have this problem if I switch to windowed mode. The whole screen also
flickers. Quitting the game, setting Fullscreen=1 in user.reg and launching
does NOT fix it until I reboot the X server (fortunately I'm on OS X so it's
just an app as any other).

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--- Comment #15 from [e-mail] 2011-12-27 10:38:08 CST ---
Created attachment 38131
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screenshot of menu

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--- Comment #16 from Theon144  2011-12-27 10:41:09 CST ---
I also have this problem on wine 1.3.35, with GeForce 7600GT. I attached a
screenshot of the menu, there seems to be some response if I click randomly
(the cursor is not visible in the screenshot but I could see it). I once
probably got to start the game, but I only heard some sound, the screen was
still black.

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--- Comment #17 from [e-mail] 2013-04-21 14:24:59 CDT ---
No update for over 900 days. Is still an issue with 1.5.28 or higher ?

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--- Comment #18 from Xavier Vachon  2013-04-23 12:35:09 CDT ---
(In reply to comment #17)
> No update for over 900 days. Is still an issue with 1.5.28 or higher ?

Still a bug in 1.5.28. Overriding d3dx9_36 fixes the issue. The component
should be changed to directx-d3dx9.

My log shows a loop of the following content. Seems to be the culprit.

fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_BeginPass No states applied, yet!
fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_End (0x47080f8)->(): stub
fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_Begin iface 0x47080f8, passes 0x1c6f2b4, flags 0x1
partial stub
fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_BeginPass No states applied, yet!
fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_CommitChanges (0x47080f8)->(): stub
fixme:d3d:context_check_fbo_status FBO status GL_FRAMEBUFFER_UNSUPPORTED
(0x8cdd)
fixme:d3d:context_check_fbo_status     Location SFLAG_INRB_MULTISAMPLE
(0x200000).
fixme:d3d:context_check_fbo_status     Color attachment 0: (0x4407130)
WINED3DFMT_B8G8R8X8_UNORM 1680x1050 2 samples.
fixme:d3d:context_check_fbo_status     Depth attachment: (0x44173e0)
WINED3DFMT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT 1680x1050 2 samples.
err:d3d_draw:drawStridedFast >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> GL_INVALID_FRAMEBUFFER_OPERATION
(0x506) from glDrawElementsBaseVertex @ ../../../wine/dlls/wined3d/drawprim.c /
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--- Comment #19 from Austin English  2013-04-23 13:27:37 CDT ---
*** Bug 27784 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

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--- Comment #20 from Austin English  2013-06-25 19:18:54 CDT ---
Marking as a duplicate of bug 25857. From
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33864#c2

It's probably related to the effects framework, specifically the D3D state
updates aren't processed at all right now. The typical hint for it from the log
is:

fixme:d3dx:ID3DXEffectImpl_BeginPass No states applied, yet!

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 25857 ***

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--- Comment #21 from Austin English  2013-06-26 13:27:09 CDT ---
Closing.

[Bug 15904] The Witcher: black screen at the main menu

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            Summary|witcher: black screen at    |The Witcher: black screen
                   |the main menu               |at the main menu
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